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Intimate partner violence: What are the impacts on children?

Gillinder Bedi National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, ; Department of Psychology, Monash University ; Department of Social Work, Monash University , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Chris Goddard National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, ; Department of Social Work, Monash University , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Pages 66-77 | Published online: 17 Jan 2007

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